Digital sound factory has acquired the exclusive rights to the original proteus hardware sound rom s and has re mastered this legendary content for software synthesizers. Emu proteus rack synth 3d cad model library grabcad. Emu proteus x2 software sound module musicians friend. Its the same technology you find in the fantom, triton and motif today. Yo, this is a freaking rompler, period, and emu was pretty hardcore with their software. Check out the hard reset emu proteus page at sweetwater the worlds leading music technology and instrument retailer. Founded in 1971 as a synthesizer maker, emu was a pioneer in samplers, samplebased drum machines and lowcost digital sampling music workstations after its acquisition in 1993, emu systems was a wholly owned subsidiary of creative technology, ltd. In 1989, the proteus was the first rackmount module emu produced, and it was a huge success for the company. Proteus vx by emu sound module vst plugin kvr audio. Synthesizer music vintage synth studio gear sound of music music instruments music production emu software musical instruments btv professional music production software works as a standalone application or with your daw as a vst or au plugin optional.
May 05, 2009 the proteus vx softsynth from emu is free. Released in 1989, proteus 1 was the first rack mountable synth manufactured by emu, and set the stage for their successes to come throughout the 1990s. A very nice old yamaha synth, theres another model with a sequencer built in. Proteus vx by emu sound module vst plugin kvr audio plugins. The proteus 2000 isnt nearly so complex in the filter department as morpheus, but even so there are 17 different z. For sale a proteus 2000 synthesizer from emucleaned and verified, sold with user manual and power supply cable. The powerful script programming integrates the hardware functionality to the software for the same great look and feel of the sound. The late 80s was the era of the synthesiser workstation. Emulator x2 is bundled with a fourcdrom sample library almost identical to that shipped with the original emulator x, containing the excellent xproducer presets from emus proteus 2000 hardware synth module, the hiphop producer pack, saint thomas strings, a 20mb gm soundset, the studio grand piano, and the beat shop 1 set of kits, loops and grooves, plus.
You can get my first full sound bank called synth energy full with. Emulator x2 is bundled with a fourcdrom sample library almost identical to that shipped with the original emulator x, containing the excellent xproducer presets from emu s proteus 2000 hardware synth module, the hiphop producer pack, saint thomas strings, a 20mb gm soundset, the studio grand piano, and the beat shop 1 set of kits, loops and grooves, plus. The sounds for the proteus1 were selected from the popular eiii library. The proteus range was developed into several models, some differing from each other only by the sound banks they contained, which. Piano synth recordings from summer 2008 on emu proteus mps synth keyboard. Windows software to allow you to manage sample banks for the esi. Proteus vx borrows its internal architecture from its big brother, emulator x3. I would venture to say that based on the fact that emus current crop of modules identical faceplates that an osrom switch would turn one synth into another. The proteus rack library was produced by the original emu sound and graphic designers. Emu systems was a software synthesizer, audio interface, midi interface, and midi keyboard manufacturer. The sound quality of the legendary sound modules with the powerful features of emu software. Uvi emulation ii virtual vintage sampler instrument. Software midi sequencers provided the ability to drive 16 or more channels of midi. While its synthesis architecture is virtually the same as the original proteus, the proteus 2000 is packed with major new features, sounds and expandability for the most demanding professionals.
Ten years ago, creative labs revived and updated both the emulator and proteus in virtual form. Everything is already said in the other view i can add one thing. The emu proteus fx is a 1u rack, 32 voice multitimbral, velocity and pressure sensitive, rock and pop sample based synthesizer 8mb 16 bit sample rom, featuring tone control, dual lfos, dedicated dual amp and auxiliary ahdsr envelopes, chorus, dual effects processors, and midi, along with 256 preset and 256 user program memories. Sample playback came into popularity with the first proteus synths by emu and quickly took over the synth industry.
And a digital copy of the manual which i am including with the unit on a cdr disc. Proteus pop collection standard in proteus 2500, contains same 32 meg sample set as the original emu composer rom but has an all new set of 640 preset patches with these expansion options, you could buy a pk6, then add the sounds of the orbit 3, xk6, and the mp7. Emu threads always get me reminiscing for some reason. Released in 1989, proteus1 was the first rack mountable synth manufactured by emu, and set the stage for their successes to come throughout the 1990s. For those musicians, emus proteus must have been like manna from heaven. Emu systems came to prominence in the 1990s with their relatively affordable emulator sampler, and subsequently pioneered samplebased synthesis technology with the proteus range. Founded in 1971 as a synthesizer maker, emu was a pioneer in samplers, samplebased drum machines and lowcost digital sampling music workstations. But in recent years, the company seems to have turned its attention away from traditional synths to concentrate on samplers and dedicated dance instruments. The b3 rom contains far and away the best sampled hammond out there.
Btv professional music production software works as a standalone application or with your daw as a vst or au plugin optional. Highquality royaltyfree emu proteus 2 synth bass c4 sample in. Digital sound factory has acquired the exclusive rights to the original proteus. Has anyone here upgraded their emu proteus 2000 os on a new mac. Buy digipartspower ac adapter for emu proteus fx 9026 sound module emu synth power supply cord cable charger mains psu.
Like the originals, proteus vx offers a wealth of samplebased instruments with which to. The most frequent installation filenames for the software are. This is the newer better version of the proteus 1 that includes a built in factory demo that the original units didnt have. Emulation ii was designed specifically to reproduce the warm digital sounds and analog textures characteristic of 80s music. Venus patches collection for emus proteus 1 this collection just posted new collections. I know software stuff eastwest sounds amaaazing and has. Highquality royaltyfree emu proteus2 synth bass c4 sample in. Emu proteus 2000 keyboard synthesizer for sale online ebay. The proteus 2000 features 128voice polyphony and 32 midi channels allowing it to handle even your most complex midi sequences. Not everything is by coincidence prodatum made to control. The proteus 2000 is the most powerful and versatile sound module created by emu, kicking off the new proteus line. A massive library of samples was recorded from a professionally restored unit and utilized in this hybrid instrument giving you the sonic character of real vintage hardware with the added control and sound shaping.
After its acquisition in 1993, emu systems was a wholly owned subsidiary of creative technology, ltd. Proteus x2 is a 24bit192khz software sound module for your pc that combines the sound quality, advanced synthesis and zplane filters of legendary sound modules like the morpheus and mophatt with emus latest groundbreaking tools like twistaloop, morph filter designer and multifunction generator. Emus original proteus series of synthesizer modules was enormously well respected, and even today there are musicians who wouldnt want to be without them. You can get most of emus proteus 2000 sample library in their newer range of software. The 16 controllers allow you to create subtle to radical transformations to the sounds, then save them with the bank.
Ive read that the last version that was written os 2. One is the init to user data which resets everything, and you will lose the factory preset patterns available on the cdrom that came with your unit, and the other is init to user data except presets which preserves factory. Pair it with a very low latency output interface, and basically control it via midi on my imac, as i would any other hardware synth i have and digital sound factory sell pretty much every emu sound ever made, and afaik the only perfect 1. In 1998, emu was combined with ensoniq, another synthesizer and sampler manufacturer previously acquired by creative technology. Emu proteus1 specifications, pictures, prices, links. How do i reset my emu proteus 2500 to factory presets.
Starting with the original hardware sound samples, instruments are mapped and programmed to match the hardware sound modules. Even for the time, this could have been better, but then i guess the programmers opted to squeeze as many sounds as possible from the 4mb of memory they couldnt possibly devote more rom to piano samples, and they did do a. The proteus 1 is an economical onespace module consisting of your basic rock and pop sounds. For this price already i could have built a small noiseless pc dedicated just to running the standalone of the emu x3 sampler software pair it with a very. The exclusive license for reformatting and managing historical emu proteus sound content has been acquired by digital sound factory. Emu proteus fx with images synthesizer, synth, power. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Emu have put an enormous amount of effort into filter design over the past few years, the pinnacle of their achievement in that area being their morpheus synth. The beat garden and world roms have some outstanding hand percussion too. Emus emulator x software sampler caused a huge stir when it was originally. The proteus range was developed into several models, some differing from each other only by the sound banks they contained, which were optimised for different purposes.
Up for grabs is a emu proteus 1 pop rock midi synth module with software os version 2. It used to come only with their hardware tools, but now you can download it free. Proteus 1 1989 throughout the 1990s, emu came to be known for its rackmounted synth and sampler modules. Venus patches collection for emu s proteus 1 this collection just posted new collections. I started a yahoo group called emu protues vx group i will be posting free sounds for the protues vx. The sounds for the proteus 1 were selected from the popular eiii library. Prodatum is a crossplatform software editor for the proteus. The computeraided design cad files and all associated content posted to this website are created, uploaded, managed and owned by third party users.
The proteus 2000 is a reincarnation of the economic proteus rack module series of the early nineties. Although proteus vx does not have the extensive editing capabilities of emulator x3, it does offer 16 continuous controllers for each preset. I started with an audity 2000 module, then added a pk6 proteus 2000 keyboard with the xlead, mo phat and vintage organ roms when they came out, to control my e4 platinum, and later added a vintage pro module. Vx version are numerous 1024 but you have not access to the synth engine. Ac adapters free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Ok so emu did proteus vx, that comes with the later proteus 2000 composer rom, different to the ultra proteus morpheus romset but hey, its free and might have some patches you like. Feb 09, 2009 piano synth recordings from summer 2008 on emu proteus mps synth keyboard. Digital sound factory has acquired the exclusive rights to the original proteus hardware sound roms and has re mastered this legendary content for software synthesizers. The proteusx package consist of a emu 0404 pro audio sound card along with the proteusx synth software.
These roms are getting harder to find though and they are getting quite pricey if evilbay is any indicator. All of the proteus sounds are very small, quickly looped samples with a subpar software filter cycling regularly over them. The emu proteus1 plus orchestra is a 1u rack, 32 voice multitimbral, velocity and pressure sensitive, poprockorchestral sample based synthesizer 8mb 16 bit sample rom, featuring tone control, dual lfos, dedicated dual amp and auxiliary ahdsr envelopes, chorus, dual stereo submix effects loops, and midi, along with 128 preset and 64 user. Proteus hardware to be compatible with modern software synthesizer formats. Emus idea was to leverage the gigabytes of sounds from their existing emulator iii. The emu room at history and technical information about emu instruments. Unlike the true synthesiser, samplebased equipment does not derive its raw sounds from electronic oscillators but from recorded sounds held in readonly memory rom chips. It offers you the unique combination of 128 voice polyphony, an ultrafast 32bit processor, extensive realtime controls, 6 analog outputs plus stereo spdif digital out, and builtin dual 24bit eff. Ok so emu did proteus vx, that comes with the later proteus 2000 composer rom, different to the ultra proteusmorpheus romset but hey, its free and might have some patches you like. As we release and launch emus next generation emulator x3 streaming sampling synthesizer software, emu celebrates and is pleased to. This is where you can make request on the type of sounds you want. Aug 18, 2008 i started a yahoo group called emu protues vx group i will be posting free sounds for the protues vx. Even for the time, this could have been better, but then i guess the programmers opted to squeeze as many sounds as possible from the 4mb of memory they couldnt possibly devote more rom to piano samples, and they did do a great job.
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